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If you’re pregnant and your job exposes you to health risks, like pesticides, you can file a claim for State Disability Insurance (SDI) as soon as a doctor or other licensed healthcare provider certifies that it is not medically safe for you to do your usual work.

Today, we join other members of the Legal Aid Association of California in a call for legal professionals to defend the rule of law. Join us.

Learn how a U.S. Army veteran in Oxnard worked with CRLA to get her rent back to an affordable level and improve transparency and efficiency of the renewal process for all Section 8 voucher recipients in the area.

Ventura County District Attorney’s Office, Ventura County Probation Department, People’s Justice Project, California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc., and The Colleges of Law – Ventura will host a free legal Clean Slate Clinic for Ventura County residents for criminal record expungement, felony reduction, and arrest record sealing on Friday, May 23, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at The Colleges of Law – Ventura campus located at 4475 Market St, Ventura, CA 93003.

California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. (CRLA), Bank of America, and McGuireWoods LLP will host a free legal clinic for United States citizens eligible for criminal record expungement on June 12, 2025 from 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. 

CRLA commemorated the Supreme Court victory that banned the use of “El Cortito” 50 years ago, a short-handled hoe that forced agricultural workers to stoop over all day long. This was a victory on many fronts – agricultural workers’ health, the farmworker rights movement, and a critical moment in CRLA’s legal advocacy and community lawyering.